Microorganisms in Food – Two Sides of One Story
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 5571
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural polymers; bacterial cellulose; bacterial polymers; food production; packaging materials; biofilm formation
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Interests: lactic acid bacteria; biotechnological processes; food production; microbial identification; molecular techniques in microbial detection and identification
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Interests: yeasts; Candida spp.; yeasts biofilms; virulence factors; essential oils; antimicrobial activity; plant-origin bioactive compounds
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microorganisms exert both beneficial and deleterious effects on food products, and the studies in the area of food microbiology are constantly evolving. On the one hand, in response to consumer preferences there are new products obtained with the participation of microorganisms. On the other, products and the food environment are niches that can be contaminated by microorganisms, both well-known and new species of bacteria, yeasts and molds.
This Special Issue of Microorganisms will be dedicated to the (1) use of microorganisms in food production (traditional and novel products); (2) food contamination by well-known and new species of bacteria, yeasts, and molds; (3) characteristics of microorganisms in food industry; (4) strategies of food preservation and antimicrobial agents with potential usage in food industry.
We would like to invite researchers to submit both research or review articles to this Special Issue of Microorganisms.
Dr. Hubert Antolak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Food microorganisms
- Food pathogens
- Food spoilage
- Food production
- Biofilms
- Acetic acid bacteria
- Lactic acid bacteria
- Yeasts
- Molds
- Antimicrobial activity
- Food preservation
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